The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines

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Yemen Houthis seized T-34-85 of supporters of President Hadi in the province of Al-Dali. April 2019

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https://andrei-bt.livejournal.com/1228913.html

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April 4, 1931 A proving ground for AFVs was created in accordance with the Order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 22 of April 4, 1931.

 

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The first chief of the NIABT was appointed brigade commander Preisman G.E.

 

KV-2 on during tests.

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Chaborz M3

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Preparations for the Victory Parade in Yekaterinburg.

 

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Tornado K-53958

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T-10M with Malyutkas strapped to it.

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Patrol-A MRAPs that will participate in parade. Gunner position was moded with armor plates.

 

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   Kotelniy island,

 

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Exercises in Nortn Ossetia. Umm... what is happening? 

 

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   From information on otvaga forum - Infauna system, Soft kill protection for groups of vehicles.

 

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   Detection of threats:

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/.../ is determined by detecting a flash of a ground shot of a weapon due to the formation and processing of a stream of video data adapted for the weapon flash detection algorithm. The reliability of detection is provided by the results of automatic processing according to the energy, geometric, iconic and temporal criteria of a video sequence received by an optical radiation receiver. The significance of the detected danger is evaluated and the command is transmitted in the form of an electrical signal to activate the opto-electronic suppression system, for example, in the form of aerosol masks.

http://www.freepatent.ru/patents/2495358

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   Moscow. April 9th. INTERFAX - Russia is ready to extend India’s license to expand the production of T-90 tanks, spokesman for the FSMTC of Russia Maria Vorobyova told Interfax on Tuesday.
   "The Russian side is ready to extend the license and increase the production of T-90 tanks in India in connection with the decision taken by the Indian government to purchase more tanks in the interests of the national armed forces," she said.
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   On Tuesday, an informed source for Interfax reported that Moscow and Delhi are discussing a contract for a licensed assembly in India of more than 400 T-90MS tanks. “Negotiations on this issue have been going on for a long time. There is a willingness on the Russian side to implement such a contract,” he said.
   According to him, we are talking about the extension of the license for the assembly of tanks in India. In this case, we are talking about the additional licensed production of T-90MS tanks, the source told Interfax.

 

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2 more Hadi loyalists T-34-85s destroyed by Houthis.

 

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   The tank and motorized infantry units of the Southern Military District, stationed in the Rostov Region, conducting training of the tactics of conducting a counter engagement at the Kadamovsky training ground.

 

   T-72B3 UBKh/mod 2016

 

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T-90 with bustle autoloader, Omsk, 2012.

 

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Possible number of tanks in Russian army.

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   The numerical and qualitative composition of the tank forces of Russia (from the most obsolete machines to more advanced):

 

   Most obsolete machines:
T-72A / AV / AK - 150-200 (in the Central Military District and Higher Military Training with replacement by other tanks);
T-72B / B1 / BK / B1K - 1000-1100 (in all districts, they are delivered to the newly formed units, in others they are replaced by T-72B3);
T-72BA - 700 (in all districts, replaced by T-72B3).

 

   Outdated MBTs:
T-80BV - 100-220 (in the Arctic brigades and in VVO, replaced with T-80BVM);
T-80U - 200 (in the Kantemirovskaya division, with subsequent replacement by T-14).

 

   Modern tanks:
T-72B3 - 800 (in all districts, the state of the modernization program to the base model is unknown);
T-80UE-1 - 20 (in Kantemirovskaya division, with subsequent replacement with T-14);
T-80BVM - 30-150 (in the Arctic teams and in the VVO, replace the T-80BV);
T-90A - 200 (in Western and South Military District, replaced with T-72B3 UBKh);
T-72B3 UBKh - 120 (all districts).

Total: 3510-3660 tanks.

 

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1 hour ago, LoooSeR said:

Possible number of tanks in Russian army.

Thats interesting... But what about the recently reactivated T-62M/MVs? Or was that just for one event only? (Vostok 18)

Also, I think "modern" is quite relative... T-72B3 may be modern in this list, but otherwise... Lets just say there is room for improvement... To put it mildly...

Realistically, the only modern tank in Russian army will be the T-90M in the near future. Maybe later the T-14... maybe...

Its quite sad to see that the whole fleet is dominated by T-72s, and the otherwise superior (tue potential for modernization) T-80U and T-90A are slowly dying out.

 

 

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In this fragment, they are talking about the protection on the sides of T-80BVM referencing the new 2S24 ERA modules and they mention that the tanks sides are now protected against tandem HEAT, that is the result of the combined effect of the 2S24 + the ERA under the sideskirts or the 2A24 modules by themselves inherently offer tandem protection?

 

 

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10 hours ago, heretic88 said:

But what about the recently reactivated T-62M/MVs? Or was that just for one event only? (Vostok 18)

Yes. they are not in the army, they are all in storage. At the "Vostok-18" exercises, they trained to quickly remove old tanks from storage. 

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4 hours ago, alanch90 said:

In this fragment, they are talking about the protection on the sides of T-80BVM referencing the new 2S24 ERA modules and they mention that the tanks sides are now protected against tandem HEAT, that is the result of the combined effect of the 2S24 + the ERA under the sideskirts or the 2A24 modules by themselves inherently offer tandem protection?
 

   Was not told in that video. Waiting for a full version, as it appears that their dialogue started in mid point and some information was left outside of this short clip.

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   He noted that the type tests of the BTR-82A modifications prototypes had been successfully completed. "Starting in 2019, all armored personnel carriers will be equipped with a modernized fire control system with a thermal imager sight and additional protection," the deputy minister said.

Said Deputy Minister of Defense Alexei Krivoruchko. It will be interesting what kind of additional protection they will add to BTR-82As.

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Soviet officers and a T-35 tank used by the Germans in battles near the Kummersdorf training ground. 1945

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https://www.vitalykuzmin.net/Military/First-rehearsal-in-Alabino-8-April-2019/

Photos from first public rehearsal in Alabino of 2019 Victory Day Parade.

 

 

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[Pascal]

On 4/11/2019 at 1:03 PM, LoooSeR said:

Possible number of tanks in Russian army.

 

Is there a number of how many armoured recovery vehicles are in Russian army?

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4 minutes ago, Pascal said:

Is there a number of how many armoured recovery vehicles are in Russian army?

Didn't saw such statistics.